January TBR Pile (16/30):

1. Book of the Month Club: The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell ✓

2. BOTM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

3. Girly Book Club: The Scholar by Dervla McTiernan ✓

4. Friend Book Club: The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey ✓

5. OBM Book Club: Invisible Women by Criado-Perez

6. Unread Shelf Random: Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. Goodreads To Read Random: Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

8. TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn

9. Theme 1: Wool by Hugh Howey ✓

10. Theme 1: Across the Universe by Beth Revis

11. Theme 1: Wither by Lauren DeStefano ✓

12. Theme 2: Kate Chopin by Emily Toth

13. Theme 2: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

14. Theme 2: TBD

15. Carryover: The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness ✓

16. Comics: Daybreak ✓

17. Kindle Unlimited: Neanderthal Seeks Human by Penny Reid ✓

18. Kindle Unlimited: Friends without Benefits by Penny Reid

19. Library: The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas ✓

20. Library: Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren ✓

21. Library: The Bromance Book Club by Lyssa Adams

22. Library: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty

23. Library: The Toll by Cherie Priest

24. Library: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang

25. Added: The Hunger by Alma Katsu ✓

26. Added: Packing for Mars by Mary Roach ✓

27. Added: Billie Holiday by Carlos Sampayo and Jose Munoz ✓

28. Added: Wolfpack by Abby Wambach ✓

29. Added: Lady Mechanika Vol. 4 ✓

30. Added: Lady Mechanika La Dama de la Muerta ✓

1,000,000 Page Goal:

Monthly Total: 4973 pages
Pages Remaining: 565,460 pages

Current Read - Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez; The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara; Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

Books I Gave Up On (0) 

Books bought/received (4)

I took advantage of a special Book of the Month deal and got two books this month.

• Things in Jars by

• The Silent Patient by

I grabbed the Kindle edition of The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey for book club.

And I received Serpent and Dove by Shelby Mahurin from a friend for an exchange.

February TBR Pile:

1. Book of the Month Club: Bringing Down the Duke by Eva Dunmore

2. Girly Book Club: The Things We Cannot Say by Kelly Rimmer

3. Friend Book Club: Cork Dork by Bianca Bosker

4. OBM Book Club (Jan): Invisible Women by Caroline Criado-Perez

5. OBM Book Club (Feb): The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

6. Unread Shelf Random (Jan): Labyrinth by Kate Mosse

7. Unread Shelf Random (Feb): Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

8. UnRead Shelf Selection (Feb): Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi

9. Goodreads To Read Random (Jan): Wanderers by Chuck Wendig

10. Goodreads To Read Random (Feb): The Revenge of Lord Eberlin by Julia London

11. TBR Jar Random: The Jane Austen Project by Kathleen Flynn

12. Theme 1: Well Met by Jen DeLuca

13. Theme 1: The Year of Living Scandalously by Julia London

14. Theme 1: ???

15. Theme 2: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

16. Theme 2: Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson

17. Theme 2: Kindred by Octavia Butler

18. Comic: The Complete Phonogram

19. Ebook: Friends Without Benefits by Penny Reid

20. Library: Drive Thru Dreams by Adam Chandler

21. Library Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha

22. Series: Fever by Lauren DeStefano

23. Carryover: The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O’Meara

24. Nonfiction: Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs by Caitlin Doughty

25. Nonfiction: Mississippi River Tragedies by Christine A. Klein, Sandra B. Zellmer

26. Mystery: Queen of Hearts of Rhys Bowen

UnRead Shelf Plans

For February, the prompt is a book gifted to you. I’m putting Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi as my choice. As for the strategies, February is all about weeding out books you don’t want anymore. This is perfect as this month is our moving month. I’m hoping to unload at least 5 books from my currently Unread Shelf.

Movies watched

• Zombieland 2 - Such a delight to watch!

• Strangers on a Train - Great classic Hitchcock movie!

• Double Indeminity - Another great classic movie.

• Freaks - Pretty interesting scifi movie.

• Burglar - J’s pick. I had never seen this one. Funnier than I thought it was going to be.

• Last Christmas - The entire plot was super spoiled in the trailer, but I still enjoyed it.

TV Shows watched

• The Bachelor S24 - Ugh! The manufactured drama this season has been dialed way up. Not sure I like this.

• Doctor Who S12 - Jodie as the Doctor is really growing on me.

• His Dark Materials S1 - Finally! We get to where everything was leading to. So good…

• The Mandalorian S1 - My my that was quite a season ender.

• Below Deck S3 - Guilty pleasure show

• Below Deck: Med S1 - Ditto

• The Good Place S4 - Oh Goodness! I can’t believe this show is over. Love it so much.

• Superstore S5 - Continue to enjoy this little sitcom.

• Letterkenny S8 - Thank you for returning to comedic gold for the second half of the season!

• War of the Worlds BBC 2019 Mini series - I really liked that this one was sent in Edwardian times. Not such a fan of the weird timeline for the present sections.

• The Magicians S5 - I’m really intrigued about where they are going this season.

• The Witcher S1 - We sped through the 8 episodes of this season. Loved it! I can’t wait for season two.

Comments - Thankfully I started out the year strong with my reading. I often top 20 books in the first month, but I’ve slowed down my reading in favor of larger books and specific ones I want to read. Moving to mood reading again will hopefully results in a better reading year in terms of quality if not also quantity.

Next up on the TBR pile: